Saturday, July 5, 2025, 1 - 5 p.m.

Saturday, August 2, 2025 , 1 - 5 p.m.

Blauer Salon, Room 012, HfG Karlsruhe

Around a decade ago, digitization abruptly and completely changed the cinema landscape. Within a short space of time, films were no longer delivered to cinemas as film reels, but in the then new standard format DCP (Digital Cinema Package): initially on hard disks and now mainly as downloads. Although digital projection offers many advantages, Kino im Blauen Salon attaches great importance to continuing the tradition of analog film screenings.

It has not escaped our notice that our audience appreciates the love of analog. The projection room, the secret place where the light comes from, has often been opened on request. But from now on, the doors are open here, come along to the workshop and lend a hand when it's FILM DOWN!!!!

The workshop offers the following content:

• a detailed look behind the scenes of analog film projection
• an introduction to the history of film projection and the identification of different film materials, image and sound formats and their different handling.
• the evaluation of the film material and preparation for the screening
• Inserting and screening the analog film material by hand

Registration by e-mail: ed.nolasneualbmionik(ta)ofni

The Kino im Blauen Salon, the student cinema of the Hochschule für Gestaltung, has been run by students since 2017 and has been a registered association since the beginning of 2024: https://kinoimblauensalon.de/de/news.

More about the film series in summer semester 2025:

Kino im Blauen Salon, the student cinema of the Hochschule für Gestaltung, invites you to the new program for the summer semester! Our film program, which was awarded 1st prize by the Deutsche Kinemathek, is now in its 18th semester! Time to take a brief look back... In our early days, cineastes were few and far between in the Blauer Salon, whereas today the room seems almost too small. But we have always remained true to our ideals: Analog film screenings in 35mm & 16mm, joint voluntary work with free admission and a relaxed HfG atmosphere. And the summer open-air cinema on the lawn in front of the HfG is already in its 6th round, this time at the end of May! So it's time not to look back, but to look forward: To another summer semester full of cinematic-poetic cinema highlights:
Our main interest this summer is poetry, because the nights are getting longer, the horizon endless and there's something in the air. But what does cinema have to do with poetry? Find out in our “Cinema Poetico” series, in which we set off on multiple narrative strands, meandering perspectives, visual detours and everything that lies between the lines. The series presents a hand-picked selection of classics and hidden gems that form the silent branches of cinema.
There are also nightly excursions with our “Midnight Movies”, the legendary Kult Sneak, experimental short film programs, workshops, specials, guests and, of course, the highlight of the cinema year, the open-air cinema in front of the HfG, under the motto “Freedom in Change”. See you soon at the movies!